John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne (born 3 December 1948) is an English singer, songwriter, actor and television personality. He rose to prominence during the 1970s as the lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Black Sabbath, during which he adopted the nickname "The Prince of Darkness".
Osbourne was fired from the band in 1979 due to alcohol and drug problems, but he went on to have a successful solo career, releasing eleven studio albums, the first seven of which were all awarded multi-platinum certifications in the United States. Osbourne has since reunited with Black Sabbath on several occasions.
Ozzy Osbourne swore he’d never take acid again after talking to a horse for an hour.The hellraiser said he knew it was time to quit in the 70s after he believed the nag swore at him and told him to eff off.READ NEXT: Meghan and Harry 'floundering in LA' and 'lost' without royals, says Sharon OsbourneThe Paranoid hitmaker, 73, revealed: “At that time in America, people were very fond of lacing your drinks with acid.
I didn’t care.“I used to swallow handfuls of tabs at a time. The end of it came when we got back to England.“I took 10 tabs of acid then went for a walk in a field.
I ended up standing there talking to this horse for about an hour.“In the end the horse turned round and told me to f*** off.
That was it for me.” Ozzy’s pal and Black Sabbath bandmate Geezer Butler told Classic Rock the band got into the drug when they were in LA making their fourth album.He said: “We got to California, and we were at this chick’s place, this massive beach house.
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